Stock-handling and stock-storage yard and equipment.



M. M. SUPPES.

STOCK HANDLING AND STOCK fiTORAGE YARD AND EQUIPMENT. APPLIUATION FILED Novrlfi, 1910. I 999;904;, ,7 Patented Aug-8, 191'1.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1910. 999,904., PatentedAug. 8,1911. 9

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WITNESSES UNITED: STATES OFFICE.

'Y'MAx'Ms PPEs, or ELfIRIA, onto 7 999,904. o i V K. J Applicationifiled tdv m is, 1910." 1 ser arno. 592,511. i

To all wliont it may concern: l

"swoon-HANDLI G AND srocx-s'ronaen YARD Ann EQUIIVMENT.

Be itknown that I,"MAX .M. SUPPES, of

Elyria. in the county of Lorain andState of 01110, have invented certain new and;useful Improvements in Stock-Handling and Stock-Storage Yards and Equipment, of

which the following isia full, clear, and ex act description. reference bein'ghadto t-he accompanying drawings, forming part of :t-his specification.

M invention relates to both the "storingand handling of the raw materials used in making. iron, steel,v and similar materials and tothe apparatus by which such materi'als' are unloaded from the carsto' the stock pile of a storage yard and are later I ,transferred from the stock pile to the cars or other carriers in which the materials are loaded to be transferred to the furnaces of an'open hearth plant'or other place of. use.

In handlingrthe raw materials used in the manufacture of iron and steel, a large part of the materials is unavoidably spilled during the transferring operations. Heretotore, such spilled materials become scattered upon and aroundthe unloading-tracks to such an extent as to serlously nterfere with the shifting operations necessary in placing and removing the cars which are constantly being loaded and unloaded. The collection and removal of the spilled materials, which when dropped become scattered over a com siderable area during the loading and un loading operations as heretofore carried out, is the cause of frequent delays in the opera-.

tions of loading and unloading and the source of considerable expense.

One object ofjnry lnventlon 1s to provide a stock handling and stock storage yard constructed and arranged to store a maximum amount of materials within a mlnlmum space or area compassed by the rectangle comprising the operative range of the overhead travellng cranes formlng partpf the storage yard equipment.

Another object of this invention is to provide a storage yard having novelmeans for assembling and handling the materials spilled or dropped in unloading from and reloading into the cars or other carriers in which such materials are handled or transferred to the storage yard and from the storage yard to a place of use. 7

A' -further object of the invention is to provide a storage yard equipped with stock handlingapparatus having novel meme fer- Specification of Letters I atent. ,Patente d Aug, '8, 19,11.

handling and re-handliiig materials stored in such yards, a

A still further vobject of'my invention to providea storageiyard having an im-.'

proved arrangementiof tracks, pits, and cranes, whereby the materials are placed or stored so as tobe more readily accessible in being, unloaded, stored, and in being reloaded and transferred to a place of use with a minimum amount of labor'and at a greatly reduced cost, asis more fully described and pointed out hereinafter.

Referring drawings, gure 1.15s?

plan showing one arrangement of a storage yard, 'crane runway, car tracks and plts,

my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan on a larger scale showing my improved arrangement of constructed and arranged in accordance with nates the columns supporting the girders 3 of a crane runway. Mountedon the crane runway are traveling cranes l and 5' arranged, as shown, to span a storage yard equipped with 'standardgage tracks-6 and 7, and narrow gage tracks 8 and 9, the track 6 and narrow gage track 9 being arranged so as toextend over loading pits 10 and 11,

for a purpose described hereinafter. Spaces '12 and 13 are provided within the storage yard, Whichare used to store the large quantity of the the yard. a

. The narrow gage tracks 8 and 9 are connected together by suitableswitches so as to afford switching facilities for the narrow gage cars or other carriers employed, and the broad gage tracks 6 and 7 also are connectedtogether (as shown, at a point withmaterials usually stocked in out the storage yard) by switches, in order p to transfer thebroad gage cars from' one track to another.

Each of the cranes 4 and 5 is provided with a plurality of trolleys l4 and 15, the.

trolleys 14 havin suspended theref-rfom-a grab bucket 16, w ich may be of the clam shell, the orange "peel, or other desired type, i

storedin the storage yard are-handled and are separated terials. it v i Located at a suitablepoint within the rec-f tangle'l formed' the crane runways are pits l and 1 151provided to receive end'acolf lent the materials iunavoidably 'dropped i'or. spilled by the unloading de 'c'es stispendedl from the crane trolleysg' I terials r from the cars and inre-loading the materials from the stock pile into the 'cars' or v other carriers by which the ,inateiials are onveyed to a place of us r i In the operationot the apparatus 'shoivh inthe drawings, which is constructed: and arranged and adapted for use inchandling; and storing the materials usedfin; making steel inlan'open :hearth plant, thera v Illa-: teriailsarereceive'd incars lSflvhich', Whento be unloaded.- are shifted into position above one o r-the other of the pits lOfand 11.

'A gi'ahzl'mcket 1 suspended from a trolley "14 onlonefor theother of thetra'veling cranes land 5, is used to unload -thenonimagnetic materials, such as *o1e litnestone, dolomite; and other refractoriesfused in the 1 moeration of opeirhca'rth plants, and; pref'cri. ably, a lifting magnet 1 1 7,, suspendedfrom an auxiliary trolley 15. on 'the same crane is employedyto unload the n'ietallicioiF magp netic materials" used in such-open hearth plants; such. as mill scrap?pi gwirongj-and similar materials. In 'unloading the-broad located on the'tmck 91'aloove the pits 10 and 11 to beloaded, or the:m aterialsmaybe.1m;

gagecarslS the materials are either trans ferred direct to charging'bOXeSdQ on the n arrow "ga e cars 20, vvliich in such case 1 are loaded fronrthe cars l8'an'clstored for future use in the stock pile or pilesmamtamed 1n the storageyardw hen materials arebemg loaded intozthe charging boxes 19ifroin the I stock "pile', the narrow gage cars supporting" theboxes' 19 are also placed on the track 9 in position ahovetheloading pits IO and 11. In loading materials into andt-aking terials T out of the cars and in filling the charging boxes or other carriers, while the cars'or carriers are located above the loading pits any materials dropped or spilled 'hy the grab bucket or by'themagnet fallsin'to' one of the pits 10 or '11, and by reason of the sloping or inclined construction of the side Walls of these pits, such materials are directed and delivered to a suitable point. in

the pit in posit-ionto be again picked up and hoisted out of the pithy the grahlh 'icltet or fting magnet and be deposited in the car orcharging bucket.

The advantages ofinyinvention will be apparent t othose skilled in the art. the.

arrangement 'ofthe crane runway, the cranes having each a plurality of trolleys, ,a maxi-- mum amount of materials can be handled and stored within a mmimumspace or area.

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ar'egre'a'tly facilitated ber of. cars necessary to maintain an open hearth plant in operation, a large-lamo 'iht; f ofthe-materials handled led by-"gt e r tbu k or yi e m t-r b fingthe spilled' materials"to'fa a, y i he yu o di ig Pits li l fi ityf i i 'ne' hds-r f v i h pi d mat al the-car tracksandfromlaroundthe A i as tolavoid no gin ofat11es etracks 'terference withthefoperation ofYshift-i ears, the loadinganthu'nl :The provision of a tr y. on having" a j "thing magnet, and} j pendently operated trolleyf having h ticket operatively secu red thereto fa loeatingthe c1'a 11e o'pera-t-ihg" ie a the trolley operating,meehan s sivl re canhe nrnipnlatedby a 'sin leopemto de j lays in the operatienjbf the tatedheretoforeinorde. o ove" bttQ-ket andfattac'h the lifting mag crane, and vice versag are," avoided, 'dered unnecessary. f -J :By locating the, cars or, "othelfli car er above thlefl pitfwhile heiiigffilled or; empti l the spilled materials do .notdropn'po i "trade-and; instead of becoming so i d over a comparatively largeSPace reaf about the loadingand unload in traclis, the spilledmaterials-arecausedtoco t "df be assembled within thepit-fintofpositlo tjo be 'quicklyl removed theig'r'ab bucketier lifting' magnet. The magnetic or metallic; may terials-are readily separated from the no 'i magnetic niateria ls"byein-plbying the lifting magnet toremov'e them 1: m,th d11e" i L of spilledfmaterialsTin; thelpitand after the ,magnetic materials have; been :sep I from the othersmaterials fc'ol-lectedjin th the non rnagnetie 'inaterials jean thenjbe, movedi bymeansof thegrahqbueli desired the grabbncketiimayihe mp1 remove t-hemiXturdof'jmehfll a metallic 'mater ials. y

Modifications inthei co J V I rangem'entof th e partsma be departing from my inventihn;.jasi' defin ed in Lin unloading an'dloading the large :nuinfrom the non metallic maa hold carriers while thecarriers are being filled and means for handling materials'in filling the carriers, said means being arranged to handle metallic portions of the materials independently of the non-metallic portions.

yard having 'a crane runway; a traveling crane operatively mount-ed upon the run-. way, a car track wlthm' range of said crane and a recovery pit beneath $3.1d car track arranged to receive and collect into position a for removal therefromthe'niaterials spilled in loading and unloadingcars on said track, v

said crane having means adapted to operate and independently remove metallic portions of the spilled matei'ia-lsfrom the pit.

lected therein by said crane.

5. A stock handling and stock storage yard having car loading and unloading tracks, means for loading and unloading cars placed on said tracks, and a recovery pitbeneath said tracks, said pit bein constructed and arranged to receive'and co lectinto position for removal therefrom the materials spilled-iby the ear loading and unloading means in loading and unloadingcars on said v 3. A stock handlingland stock storage tracks, said loading and unloading'meand be iiig adapted to separate and independently remove metallic portions of the spilled mate rials from the pit.

st ock handling and stock storage yard having a car traclgmeans for loading and unloadin cars placed on said trackls, means beneatl i said tracks arranged to re ceive materials spilled in loading andaniloading the cars, said receiving means being position to be removed therefrom by the car loading and unloading means, the unloading i means being adapted to separate and independently remove the magnetic and nonmagnetic materials collected beneatli"the vtrack.

7. A stock handling and stock storage yard having a car track, means for loading and unloading cars placed on said track, means beneath said track arranged to receive materials spilled in loading and unloading the cars, said receiving means being adapted to assemble the spilledmaterials in'position to be removed therefrom by the car loading and unloading means, the unloading means beingarranged to separate and remove the magnetic materials collected beneath said track from the non-magnetic materials.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

MAX M. SUP PES.

Witnesses F. W. VVATERMAN, D. NV. LAWRENCE.

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